Disclosed herein is an aerogenerator having a horizontal maintaining means. The aerogenerator of the present invention includes a support pillar which is placed upright on the ground and has a hollow space therein. The aerogenerator further includes a rotational support unit which is provided on the upper end of the support pillar so as to be rotatable. The rotational support unit includes a rotational body and a rotational support base which supports the lower end of the rotational body. The opposite ends of the rotational support base extend predetermined lengths from the rotational body outwards. The aerogenerator further includes vane units which include a main vane and a subsidiary vane provided on the respective opposite ends of the rotational support base of the rotational support unit. The main vane and the subsidiary vane have different weights. The aerogenerator further includes a generating unit which converts the rotating force of the vane units into electric energy, a rotating force transmission unit which transmits the rotating force of the vane units to the generating unit, and the horizontal maintaining means which connects the vane units to the rotational body to maintain central axes of rotating shafts of the vane units horizontal.
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1. An aerogenerator, comprising: a support pillar placed upright on ground, the support pillar having a hollow space therein, with a support extension extending a predetermined distance from an upper end of the support pillar inwards such that the hollow space is open on the upper end of the support pillar through a center of the support extension; a rotational support unit rotatably mounted on the upper end of the support pillar, the rotational support unit including a rotational body having a space therein, and a rotational support base supporting a lower end of the rotational body and having opposite ends extending predetermined lengths from the rotational body outwards; a vane unit including a main vane and a subsidiary vane provided on the respective opposite ends of the rotational support base of*the rotational support unit, the main vane and the subsidiary vane being rotatable by wind and having different weights; a generating unit to convert rotating force transmitted from the vane unit into electric energy; a rotating force transmission unit to transmit the rotating force of the vane unit to the generating unit; and horizontal maintaining means for connecting the vane unit to the rotational body to maintain in a horizontal orientation a central axis of a rotating shaft of the vane unit, wherein the rotational support base of the rotational support unit is bent upwards, so that when the rotational body and the vane unit are coupled to the rotational support base, the rotational support base supports the weight of the vane unit such that the central axis of the rotating shaft of the vane unit is maintained in a horizontal orientation, wherein the rotational support base is constructed such that bending rates of the opposite ends thereof differ from each other, based on a medial portion of the rotational support base on which the rotational body is provided, and wherein a bending rate of one end of the rotational support base which supports thereon the main vane which is heavier than the subsidiary vane is greater than a bending rate of a remaining end of the rotational support base which supports the subsidiary vane.
2. The aerogenerator as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the horizontal maintaining means comprises a wire having at least one strand, the wire being coupled at a first end thereof to the rotational body of the rotational support unit, and being coupled at a second end thereof to a predetermined portion of the vane unit fastened to the rotational support base, wherein a length of the wire is adjusted by a length adjustment unit, thus maintaining in a horizontal orientation the central axis of the rotating shaft of the vane unit.
3. The aerogenerator as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the horizontal maintaining means comprises: a first wire having at least one strand, the first wire being fastened to the rotational body of the rotational support unit; a second wire having at least one strand, the second wire being fastened to a predetermined portion of the vane unit fastened to the rotational support base; and a length adjustment unit connecting the first wire to the second wire, the length adjustment unit pulling or loosening the first wire and the second wire in a longitudinal direction using rotation thereof, thus adjusting an entire length of the first and second wires, so that the central axis of the rotating shaft of the vane unit is maintained in a horizontal orientation by rotating the length adjustment unit.
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November 20, 2008
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